'More plastic than fish': Greek fishermen battle to clean a cruel sea

In a new scheme, fishermen are paid EUR200 a month to recycle waste found in nets rather than dump it in polluted watersThe fish market at Keratsini comes alive at night. Under floodlights, crews in rubber waders and boots wash down the decks of boats moored in the harbour, repair nets dangling from cranes, and put on ice the shrimp, calamari, mullet and hake that are their latest pickings.Recently other things - objects that might never have been pulled from the sea - have also supplemented hauls. "We're talking about lots of waste, lots of garbage," says Dimitris Dalianis. "We're finding it almost everywhere." Continue reading...